The NBA faces a potential crisis as a gambling scandal reveals links to "La Cosa Nostra," the Italian-American Mafia. Investigators are exploring connections to illegal betting schemes and poker games ...

Sports-lover turned journalist, born and bred in Scotland, with a passion for football (soccer). He’s also a keen follower of NFL, NBA, golf and tennis, among others, and always has an eye on the ...

La Cosa Nostra, commonly known as the Mafia, is a long-running organized crime network that originated in Sicily and took root in major U.S. cities. The group, structured around “families,” has been ...

During a press conference, authorities said that Billups has been charged in an indictment alleging a scheme to rig underground poker games. These were backed by La Cosa Nostra crime families. In ...

If you were following along with the press conference on the FBI sports gambling probe that led to the arrests of Chauncey Billups, current NBA player Terry Rozier and others, you may have heard the ...

Noted Italian criminologist Picozzi presents a stunning visual history of the Mafia from its Sicilian origins to its American incarnation. However, this is neither a celebration of the Mafia as ...

Creator Kurt Sutter said 'The Abandons' was loosely inspired by a real-life Italian mafia family ...

The Soviet Novosti Press Agency has released from Moscow a vicious attack on the Zionist movement throughout the world, calling it “a dangerous weapon of the imperialist West” and comparing it with ...